Chapter 22: The Optimist

Chen B-Dog used his knife to cut the rock, causing a few chippings to fly out. Nevertheless, the knife was not ruined at all.

The audience was shocked. What kind of knife was this? It sliced the rock like cutting wood.

It seemed unreal, how could it cut rocks.

Chen B-Dog explained, “This is sandstone, it is more fragile. Physics tells us that energy is the combination of acceleration and mass. If I increase the cutting speed and energy, I could cut it. More importantly, I am confident in this knife, it is indestructible!”

It was similar to people breaking stones in the mountain. The difference was the equipment. They were using hammers but B-Dog was using a knife. He cut the rock repeatedly and caused a spark. The cutting sound was loud and clear. Soon, a simple stove was formed. He then moved the fire and added some wood.

The woods that could be found on the snow ground were somewhat wet but luckily, it was snow instead of the rain.

The fire was getting stronger. He took the water bottle and the little black pot to fill it with water and put them on top of the fire.

He smiled, “In the wild, you have to think of your next meal. Make early preparations. Now I have reached the river, if I can catch a fish then I will have food for my dinner. It is torturing to touch the water during winter but I can use what I find from the environment to make a simple trap. Furthermore, I have the bait, some leftover internal organs of the wolf.”

He went to the shoal and crushed the ice. Then, using some rocks to make a circle, he opened a small entrance upstream before putting the wolf bait in.

“All right, let’s see if any stupid fish comes.”

He cleaned the wolf meat, rabbit meat, black fungus and the Lion’s Mane Mushroom.

When he returned, the water inside the pot had boiled.

Without hesitation, Chen B-Dog took his bottle and filled up the water. He drank the warm water with satisfaction and exhaled out a warm fog.

“It is wonderful, my friends. After drinking the hot water, I feel my stomach is warm now. I feel energetic.”

“I am ready to cook the wolf meat and have decided to braise the wolf meat with soy sauce.”

“The wolf meat is hard with a lot of fiber. If you have this at home, you need many steps for preparation. First, you have to scald it in the boiled water and then soak in clean water for 2 hours. Take it out and cut into slices. Then, you add with soy sauce, white wine and leave it for 10 minutes. Obviously, it won’t work here. I have to use some special methods to get rid of the odor.”

He found some cirrus and took a small part. Peeling it, he showed there were many holes on the white roots.

“We can find many rare things in nature. For example, the root of the cirrus has the taste of ginger. Its roots have many holes and are useful in eliminating the odor when you cook wolf meat.”

The fire was hot. He talked while cooking, “While waiting, let’s prepare the rabbit meat. I am going to grill it. This place does not have much equipment I can use; it is pretty difficult for me. However, humans are unique and different from animals because we can use our brains. Just find a solution if you have no solution. Actually, the rocks, soil and leaves can be used for cooking.”

“After the wolf meat, here comes the rabbit meat. And you are still so picky.”

“The wolf meat takes a long time and you are already cooking the rabbit meat. Can you finish them up?”

“Fatty, be careful of bloating.”

Chen B-Dog did not get angry. He smiled, “The most important thing in cooking is the patience. Although I am hungry, I am going to do it step by step.” He took the knife and sliced the rabbit into pieces. He was able to remove the wolf meat from the bone which others might say it as skillful as the wolf was a big one and easy to cut. However, if he could remove the rabbit from its bone, it would be too unbelievable.

Fortunately, B-Dog was not doing something that looked unbelievable. It was not necessary to remove the rabbit bone. The meat needed the bone to be grilled. It was like a model, you must have the standard body figure to fit into the clothes. Of course, most of the meat was scraped out. The meat was soft and he used a stick to string them together. Then, he grilled it on the fire. How delicious.

Grilling was a work of art. It seemed easy but some people would burn it. You had to keep flipping the meat, or else it would be charred.

He did not forget to put the mushroom powder for seasoning.

When one side was almost done, he had to flip to another side immediately. Sometimes he needed to keep spinning it or cross rolling. It seemed complicated but was actually simple. He was showing off in fact.

The good thing was that the audience did not feel bored.

“Not bad, it feels like watching the roadside barbecue stall.”

“So my Lord B-Dog has a super skill in culinary. No wonder the show name is The Wild God of Gourmet.”

“Boss, I want a grilled rabbit.”

“Boss, put the cumin, not the chili.”

“Boss how much you’re selling? I have ten cents, enough?”

“Hell, I am hungry after watching this.”

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The room had 2 million audiences at this moment. Another superstar was rising. However, today was the first day of wild broadcast. He might have some basic popularity previously but the speed of becoming popular like this was absolutely amazing.

People were getting interested in his broadcast. Was this wilderness broadcast really so attractive? The audience wondered, “Why not I give it a try?” However, when they saw the man in front of them and thought of his powerful skill and the scary winter environment, they changed their minds.

It was not a thing everyone could imitate.

Chen B-Dog did not forget to host while grilling. He said, “Too bad I am lacking food seasoning. I have to collect some along my way. In this season, I should be able to get the North Pole Blueberry. The root of this plant is grown in the frozen soil and it is able to tolerate extreme cold of -50 degree Celsius. It is a natural fruit which is free of contamination. 90% of the national yield is from this place. My luck is not good and I did not find any. Probably the hungry bears and wild boars have finished them.”

How could he be so unsatisfied? The audience was drooling already.

After grilling for a while, he started to eat. He put the hot meat into his mouth, chewed it and his facial expression came alive.

“How exaggerating. Look at this, you are making me hungry.”

“Is this really so tasty? You just put a little salt and mushroom powder only.”

“It is too much! Stop it!”

“Fake, it is too fake. No one is watching you, you don’t need to act like the food is so attractive.”

There were some people who did not trust others easily. Chen B-Dog took another meat into his mouth, he sighed, “All right, my bad.”

“Actually the taste is not bad.”

“For the original food ingredient, I don’t have to add more seasonings. The rabbits here eat blueberry and sweet root every day. It is no surprise the meat has a natural smell. I only need to grill it with its oil and add some salt. I feel like the food I had in the past was dog’s food.”

The grilled rabbit was big, fat, and presentable. Its aroma filled the air, made the grilled rabbit superb attractive.

He started to enjoy the food, eating happily.

“I cannot stand it anymore. I watch this show to see how B-Dog falls on hard times. Yet, I am now having a hard time.”

Chen B-Dog was eating happily, he even danced for joy. He mumbled and moved his body; the audience could not tell what step he was dancing. It was really strange. In this cold, wild snowy jungle, he managed to enjoy the grilled meat and even danced.

His dancing looked weird but handsome men always looked good. It was joyful.

“Ha-ha, is this the blissful pure land?”

“I guess it must be Yangko dance.”

No one would dislike an optimist.